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Remus stared at his friend in disbelief. "I'm going to bed." "Moony, I'm-" "Good night Potter."
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"Remus, partner up with me." Sirius whispered to his friend as they entered the Transfiguration classroom. Remus nodded, he understood that Sirius wanted to be no where near his best friend. He felt a bit guilty though; Cad had already saved him a seat with her. Sirius and he took the table in back of her. Cad gave him a look. "I'll explain later." Remus answered pleadingly. James was the last to enter the classroom; he took the seat next to Cad without thinking twice.
"Sirius," his friend looked up from the object he was transfiguring. "Meet me in the dormitory between classes." Sirius nodded, but had no clue what his friend wanted. At the end of class, Remus told Cad that he wasn't feeling well and promised to meet her later. Remus and Sirius started toward the common room, but Remus refused to speak until they arrived. "I've been thinking." "About what?" Sirius had an idea, but didn't want to jump to conclusions. "I think." He stopped. "I think. Maybe I should tell Cad." He stopped to see what his friend thought.
"She'd be the first to know." Sirius said slowly. Remus didn't answer. "Do you really trust her?"
Remus waited a second, "Yeah, I do. She said she loved me."
"Oh. And you answered back right, 'cause they hate it when you-" Sirius tried to lighten the mood, but stopped after seeing the look on his friends face. "Right. Of course. Sorry." He bit his lip. "It's yours to tell, but-" Remus cut him off.
"You'd all be affected." Sirius nodded. They sat in silence for awhile, before Sirius finally answered,
"If you want to tell her, I'm behind you. But you really should talk to Peter and James. They should know." Sirius had difficulty giving his permission to his friend, but knew it was what he had to do.
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"Hey guys. Where's Sirius?" "He and Remus weren't feeling well." Cad said, showing that she obviously didn't believe them. Hearing this made James even madder, he knew they were keeping something from him. James didn't take direction very well, even from his friends. So when he saw Reese he consciously did the exact opposite, as his friends wanted. So, for the world to see, they started snogging outside the Charms classroom. And that's how it went on for what seemed like an eternity. James and Reese. Reese and James. Everywhere.
In reality it had only been two weeks from when they initially hooked up. But when the Marauders were split it seemed like forever. Remus and Sirius refused to talk to James. The way they saw it he was betraying Remus by even looking at Reese. James was with Reese even more to tick them off. Remus continued to spend time with Cad, and she could see that he was really hurt. "Ready to go?" She asked one evening. "Where?" Remus answered having no clue what she was talking about. "Quidditch practice, didn't James-" she realized by the fact on his face that he knew nothing of the practice. "Tell you." She finished quietly.
The two headed for the Quidditch pitch. James was about to release the snitch. Cad and Remus quickly flew to their positions. "You're late." James said shortly. "You forgot to tell Rem about practice. Must have slipped your mind." Cad said cheerily. She was obviously trying to avoid trouble. "Yeah. Must have slipped my mind." James said cockily looking at Remus. "Like hell." Remus answered. All the anger that he had kept inside of him came bursting out. "What was that?" James said as he flew up to meet him. "Remus don't" Cad pleaded uselessly. The whole team stopped to watch. Most had never seen two Marauders fight.
"Maybe if you thought about someone other than yourself-" Remus started to yell. "You just can't stop thinking the worst of people can you?" James cut him off. "Well in some cases its true." Remus said through clenched teeth. "I'm out of here." Remus flew to the ground and headed back toward the castle. Cad gave Remus a quick glance before deciding not to argue.
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Remus stormed through the common room and up to the dormitory. Sirius saw him and followed. "Hey, Moony what's wrong?" "James." He answered shortly. He barely got a chance to answer before James too entered the room. Remus turned toward him, "Don't you have practice?" "Can't exactly do much without a keeper can I?" James spat. "Maybe you should tell him when practice is then?" "Oh, I'm sure he was too busy snogging with that girl." Sirius entered the fight. "That girl is my girl friend." James yelled as he turned his attention to Sirius. "That girl is the enemy!" "No, Sirius, her father is the enemy." Sirius couldn't believe he was sticking up for her. "and you," James continued, "should know that not everyone should be held responsible for their family's actions." Sirius dove at James. Remus separated them. If anyone hurt James he wanted it to him. "Get out." Remus spat. James listened, but not before he had one more turn at Sirius, "You don't care about Remus. You just don't want to land your ass in Azkaban."
Another week went by. "You ok Moony?" Sirius asked his friend. It was the same every month. He hated seeing his friend so weak. "Yeah, I'm just going to go lie down." They only had one more class for the day, so Sirius decided to go with him. "So you'll be going tonight then?" Sirius sat on his bed next to Remus'. He nodded. "So I was thinking," Sirius continued, "I'm sure I can get Peter to go tomorrow night. We can just hang out in the Forbidden Forest. Nothing major." "So you still plan on going ahead with it then?" Remus spoke for the first time. "Yeah," Sirius smiled trying to cheer up his friend, "and James, well, if he wants to ditch that girl, he can find us." He knew James would do nothing of the sort, but kept that to himself.
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"Hey, babe, are you okay?" Reese and James were sitting alone in the Gryffindor common room. "Yeah. I guess." James knew that the next night was the full moon. He hated the thought that Remus would have to go through the experience without him. "Don't worry. I don't know what you and your friends are fighting about, but I'm sure it'll be over soon." James smiled. This was the side that the guys didn't see. Reese was sweet, they only saw her family. "Yeah. Hey do you want to go to Hogsmeade tomorrow?" James figured being with her would take his mind of what he could be doing, what he should be doing. "Oh, hun, you know I'd love to but-" she stopped and thought for a second. "Well, I guess it's okay to tell you." "Tell me what?"
"Well, you know how my dad is the head of R.A.W.?" James nodded. She now had his full attention. "and how they were trying to get permission to capture werewolves?" "What about it?" James said a little too eagerly. A big smile spread across Reese's face. "They finally got it!" She squealed, she was obviously ecstatic. "But, but" James stuttered, "there was nothing in The Daily Prophet." "Oh. I know. You think they'd want to spread the good news. Right? Nope. They don't want werewolves to know, so that they can catch them easier." James' thought he was going to be sick. "But wait there's more!" "What?" James asked knowing it couldn't be good. "They also got permission to kill if the werewolf put up a resistance." James' jaw dropped. "But they aren't in sound mind! Of course they're going to put up a resistance!" Reese's smile got, if possible, even bigger. "I know. Isn't it brilliant?" "Um. Yeah." James lied.
"But how does that effect you going to Hogsmeade?" James asked. "Well, tomorrow's the full moon. And because I'm a member of R.A.W. I'm allowed to participate in the hunt." James couldn't believe it. They had been right. She was just like her father. "They allow you to leave school?" James asked disgustedly. "Technically, no. My father arranged for me to hunt in the Forbidden Forest." "That's great." James forced out. He looked at his watch. "You know, I really better be getting to bed." He gave her a quick kiss and went up to the dormitory, trying to act nonchalant.
When he entered the room he quickly found that he was the only one awake. "Sirius, Peter, Remus! Wake up!" He yelled starting to panic. Peter didn't wake but Sirius sat up. He noticed Remus' bed was empty. "James?" Sirius said groggily. "Sirius. where's Remus?" "He gets taken to the shack a night early, you know that." He was right. How could he have forgotten? He had to warn him. "Sirius, I am so sorry. You've got to forgive me, I was so wrong." He rambled on. Sirius became more alert. "James what's wrong? What's happened?" "Reese, you were right. They got permission. They're going to hunt." Sirius knew exactly what James was trying to say. "We've got to tell him. He'll still be normal, we've got to go." Sirius jumped up. James nodded and grabbed his cloak. "We'll be needing this."
A/N- Hey! Please Review. I'll update in 5 days or after 10 reviews. Whatever comes first. Coming up: a reunion, a moment, and a funeral